Webb Space Telescope
(Encyclopedia) Webb Space Telescope
or James Webb Space
Telescope (JWST), is an infrared space telescope, the
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Voyager, space probes
(Encyclopedia) Voyager, in space exploration: see space exploration; space probe.
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Ride, Sally Kristen
(Encyclopedia) Ride, Sally Kristen 1951–2012, American astrophysicist and astronaut, b. Encino, Calif. With an M.A. in physics (1975) and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Stanford Univ., she joined NASA in 1978, where...
space biology
(Encyclopedia) space biology: see exobiology.
Mercury space program
(Encyclopedia) Mercury space program: see space exploration.
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Apollo space program
(Encyclopedia) Apollo space program: see space exploration.
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Mariner space program
(Encyclopedia) Mariner space program: see space exploration.
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Gemini space program
(Encyclopedia) Gemini space program: see space exploration.
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Space Force, United States
(Encyclopedia) Space Force, United States (USSF), military force that forms a separate service within the U.S. Dept. of the Air Force, est. Dec. 20, 2019, by act of Congress. The head of the Space Force is the Chief...
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